Spy Wars: Get the Predator equipment at the beginning

In the Governor's Mansion, the Japanese squad leader quickly came to the squadron leader's temporary office with a statistical report.

"Sir Captain, the ammunition and food have been counted. We have less than a third of the ammunition left. In previous battles and during the Chinese attacks, we lost a mortar, a heavy machine gun, and two light machine guns!"

"So we have no artillery now and cannot provide artillery support. We have also lost half of our heavy firepower. We will definitely be completely suppressed by the enemy in terms of firepower."

"The food the soldiers carried with them and the food they found in the Governor's Mansion will last them for three days, but the water will only last until tomorrow morning because the water supply valves in the Governor's Mansion have been turned off by the Chinese outside!"

After listening to this, the Japanese captain said: "In other words, whether there is support or not, we can only hold out for about three days? Yes, if the Chinese on the other side break in, we will be lucky if we can hold out for one day, because we have too little ammunition left."

At this moment, a signalman came over quickly with a piece of paper and reported: "Sir, we've received a telegram from the brigade headquarters. After 9 o'clock tonight, the artillery regiment will bombard the new area to create an escape route for everyone trapped in the new area. The brigade headquarters has ordered us to take Governor Yang and other foreign officials captives and break out of the new area at nightfall. Then, we will retreat north of the boundary river with the other troops!"

The Japanese squadron leader immediately snatched the telegram and took a quick look at it.

Then he looked at his watch and said, "There are still two hours until dark. Order everyone to prepare to break out and retreat north of the boundary river."

"Ha Yi!" The Japanese squad leader stood at attention.

The reason why the Japanese soldiers on the Governor's side were so idle was entirely because the armed soldiers of the merchant corps outside had received the order to surround but not attack.

Elsewhere, whether in the new district, Kowloon or the city, fierce gun battles were taking place everywhere, and the armed soldiers of the Merchant Corps were encircling and suppressing the Japanese under the leadership of their officers.

Equipped with AK, sufficient ammunition supply, and the use of grenades, the soldiers of the Merchant Corps had the upper hand in close-range charges and urban street fighting.

The Japanese soldiers who were blocked everywhere suffered huge casualties every moment. The bunkers, barracks and fortifications they originally occupied suffered heavy casualties after being hit by the artillery fire of the merchant corps. The other Japanese soldiers could only hide in the houses in the blocks and the strongholds on the upper floors to defend.

However, the operation of pulling the bolt to load the chamber after firing a shot with the Type 38 rifle was too time-consuming and laborious. Compared with the armed soldiers of the merchant corps who were equipped with AK, the firepower output was not even a little bit worse.

Often, a few armed soldiers from the Merchant Corps would throw a grenade into a room where the Japanese were entrenched, then rush in and fire a burst of gunfire to end the battle. The Japanese would be sent to see Aunt Amaterasu before they even had time to fire a shot.

The commander of the 38th Division, Sano Tadayoshi, originally had enough confidence that the trapped Japanese soldiers could hold out for a day, but he overestimated his men and underestimated the combat effectiveness of the armed soldiers of the merchant corps under Zhang Yunhe.

More than half a year of military training was enough to transform these young men who were originally workers, porters, and farmers into soldiers with sufficient military qualities. Coupled with sufficiently powerful firepower, after the initial battles, these more than 10,000 people quickly became fierce and powerful fighters after being tempered.

Before dark, the remaining Japanese soldiers from the four trapped regiments were almost wiped out. There were only a few scattered locations where a few Japanese soldiers were still resisting stubbornly, but it was only a matter of time before these soldiers were wiped out.

The 38th Division Headquarters had intermittent contact with the four regiments, and after dark, all contact was lost. Not only were phone calls unavailable, but even telegrams received no reply.

There was dead silence in the division headquarters. The ticking sound of telegrams had stopped, as had the frequent footsteps. Everyone else was either standing or sitting there in a daze.

The cigarette between Sano Tadayoshi's fingers had burned out, and the burning and stinging sensation between his fingers instantly woke him up from his dull and decadent expression.

Chief of Staff Sulin Tadamichi came over and asked, "Your Excellency, it seems the four infantry regiments of the 229th and 230th Brigades have been nearly destroyed. Our losses are heavy. I know you are heartbroken, but we must make emergency arrangements to prevent a frenzied counterattack from the Chinese!"

After the depression and confusion just now, Sano Tadayoshi immediately realized the danger of the moment. The loss of four infantry regiments reduced the combat effectiveness of the 38th Division by 50%. Facing the resistance forces entrenched on the island, the 38th Division could be said to have lost its offensive capability, but he was still very confident in holding the existing defense line.

He immediately ordered: "Send a telegram to the 228th Brigade to transfer an infantry regiment and give them two days to arrive here to participate in the defense deployment! Order the remaining two infantry regiments of the 229th and 230th Brigades to end their rest and immediately deploy separately to various strategic locations north of the Jie River."

"Order the artillery and cavalry regiments to be on high alert, but do not reveal your position without orders. All brigade and regiment headquarters must relocate and become more concealed to prevent enemy aerial strafing and bombing."

"Hayi!"

Shortly after dark, the only remaining Japanese squadron entrenched in the Governor's Mansion began to break out and retreat under the leadership and command of the squadron leader.

"Company commander, the Japs inside seem to be trying to break out. What should we do? Should we open fire to block their breakout route and drive them back?" A platoon leader reported to the commander on the scene.

"Of course we have to shoot to stop them, but be careful not to hurt the hostages!"

After the company commander gave the order, he immediately called his superiors to report the situation.

The call was quickly made to the command hall of the Merchant Corps Armed Command.

"Sir, this is a call from Gu Dalei, the commander of the Third Regiment!" The combat staff officer reported to Zhang Yunhe while holding the phone.

Zhang Yunhe walked over and answered the phone: "It's me!"

"Sir, the Japanese troops from the Governor's Mansion are trying to break out. They're taking Governor Yang, Commander Modpi, and a bunch of other foreigners as hostages. I need your advice on how we should handle this."

After some consideration, Zhang Yunhe said, "Let them go, but don't hold back. Just pretend. Withdraw most of the troops along their retreat route, allowing them to safely retreat north of the river while suffering some casualties!"

"understand!"

Seeing Zhang Yunhe hang up the phone, Tian Tao walked over and asked in confusion, "Sir, I don't understand your move. There's only that squadron of Japanese soldiers left on the island. It will only take a few minutes to wipe them out. One round of artillery fire will wipe them all out. What's the big deal even if we blow up the Governor's Mansion?"

"Even if you don't want to bear the infamy of accidentally killing Governor Yang and others, you can just capture all those devils and save those foreigners!"

Zhang Yunhe asked in response, "Save them? Do you still want these foreigners to shit and piss on us and show off their power?"